A Simple Stallion

"Shit." was all that Red said before he got out of bed. "I'm gonna have to talk to that Pinkie Pie mare aren't I? No matter, better just grab my coat and fez."

Red went to his walk in closet and looked at a wall filled with fezzes. The opposite wall had coats, shirts, and ties on it.

"Better wear my red felt fez and my business attire." He told himself as he put on a white dress shirt, a red bow-tie, and a brown tweed coat with sewed on elbow patches. "Bow-ties are cool. And tweed never goes out of style."

He walked down a set of spiral stairs to his house's main level, one large room with an open kitchen. Red walked up to a fuzzy little pony with a dandelion yellow coat.

"Hello there little Gemstone!" Red said to the Fluffy Pony

Gemstone simply let out a yawn and made raspberry noises at Red.

"Really now?" Red asked, understanding the strange language. "That's a very vivid dream."

"Pft pfft pffft... pft!" She said as she snuggled back into a ball to go back to sleep.

"Well, I have to head out to town, your on your own for breakfast today."

"Pfffft pft pfft pfffffffft pfffft"

"No! No god damned tacos! We both know how that ended last time!" He said as he walked out the front door.

- In Town -

Red was walking down the center road of Ponyville. It had nearly been an hour since he had left his house, but that was ,in part, due to the fact that his house was about a two mile walk from the town. He had stopped at a little cafe to get a small plate of hay fries as he prepared for the talk ahead of him. He was drinking a flask of whiskey that he had made a few months ago to try to get rid of the stress of everyday life. The sweet embrace of the alcohol and the rough flavor of the fermented and compressed corn made for a very bittersweet experience. Just the thought of talking to somepony he had wronged made him nervous.

He took a swig.

The feeling of being "that guy" made him feel sorrowful.

He took another swig.

His nerves were now calming, but just for safe measure, he took a long swig and finished his flask.

Red was now drunk as a skunk, and was twice as smelly.

"Better go down to Sugar Cube Corner and talk to Pinkie" Red thought to himself.

Red had mustered up all of the drunken courage  that he could find and walked down to the confectionery. He quickly used his magic to block the smell of the whiskey on his self and his breath. Red took a deep breath as he prepared to enter.

- In Sugar Cube Corner -

"He-hello there kind sir. *hiccup* Would you be willing to allow me to talk to Pinkie Pie?" Red asked in a very, very drunken tone. "I feel terrible for yelling at her yesterday, and I couldn't just walk off for a few days without apologizing."

"Oh boy, you better be sorry mister!" Mr. Cake said. "Pinkie has been in her room crying for the past day. She hasn't even left her room at all!"

"Well that's no good. I'll feel terrible if I just let this happen. Can you show me to her room?"

"Sure, I just hope that you apologizing will help her go back to normal. Her room is upstairs and to the right."

"Thank you mister Cake." Red said in a serious, and surprisingly sober, tone.

"How did you know my name?"

"What kind of stallion would I be if I didn't know the names of the people that I wronged?" Red said in a sad tone as he walked upstairs with small tears in his eyes. Mr. Cake could only wonder what could make a cold pony like Red tear up like that.

Red walked to the door and said "Knock knock."

"Who is it? If it's you Mrs. Cake, could you please take the tray you left me?"

"It's me." Red said in a sad, yet compassionate tone.

"Why are you here?" Pinkie asked in a frightened tone. The look on her face was equal to the tone, but when she saw the tears, her face changed to that of concern and she knew whatever Red was there for, it was serious.

"I wanted to come and apologize for my behavior yesterday. It's just that I have been so out of touch with the ponies of Equestria lately, that I just flipped on you. Again I'm sorry and it wasn't acceptable behavior."

Pinkie Pie gave a smile "It's OK Red, I can see that you didn't mean it.

"Yes," Red said in a saddening tone. "Well, when you see as much of the world as I have, you remember all of the ponies you have wronged in one way or another. When you live life to it's fullest like me, you see the suffering that you can cause in your wake. I remember the names of all of the ponies I have wronged. I'm not afraid to say that I have grown cold from it. I tel you all of this because I want to change. I'm a different stallion now, and I'm asking for your forgiveness of my wrongdoings.

Pinkie Pie was taken aback by the revelation that has been laid upon her. She more than accepted Red's apology and told him that she accepted the apology. Red lightened up from this.

"Oi then! That's some good news! I'll be seeing myself off then Ms. Pie, have a nice morning!"

Red exited the confectionery and walked over to Twilight's Library.

- At The Library -

"'Ello Twilight! How is everything this fine morning?" Red said in a happy tone, a complete one-eighty from his previous conversation.

Twilight looked at Red with a look of concern on her face. "Red! I'm so glad you're here! Princess Celestia sent me two tickets to the Grand Galloping Gala and all of my friends have started to bribe me into giving them the ticket!"

"Ugh." Red said with a look of disgust on his face. "A gala you say? I hate galas! They're too formal and not at the slightest fun to be at. I prefer going to galas to purposely destroy them. Especially after that particularly bad one my sister threw for me..."

"RED!!! This is serious! If I don't get advice on this situation soon; I might have to leave Ponyville!"

"OK Twinkly, here is what you have to do. Write back to Celestia saying how you can't have just two tickets, you need one for each of your friends because if they all can't go with you, then you won't go at all."

"That's... actually good advice! Do you want a ticket Red?"

"I most certainly do! That would be a good time for me to meet up with my sister and show her one-four about throwing me that terrible party!"

"Great, I'll send the letter immediately! Thanks Red!"

"No problem Twinkles!" Red said as he was walking towards his house.

Red thought to himself: "Today was a good day comrade. I can't wait to see my sisters again!"